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LOREN A . WHETTEN Biography 1908 Loren Amasa Whetten was horn March 1 9 , 1908, in Colonia Garcia. Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of John Amasa and Martha Elizabeth Carling Whetten. The Whetten family was driven from Mexico as refugees in 1912, because of the Mexican Revolution. They were housed in lumber sheds in El Paso, Texas until arrangements could be made to stay with relatives. They lived in Oak City. Utah with relatives until 1914. when they returned to Mexico. where they lived until 1918 in Colonia Juarez because the mountain colonies were unsafe. Colonia Garcia was re-established in 1918, and the Whetten family was among the first to r e t u r n . They found their home burned and the livestock gone. After two years they moved to Colonia Chuichupa where they stayed until the mother died in 1925. Life in these Colonies, particularly the mountain Colonies, was a mere existence where people lived bv barter. and there was ~ r a c t i c a l l vno monev and no stores to spend i t i n . The familv moved to Colonia Juarez in 1925. where the Juarez Stake Academy was located. Loren worked a s a janitor to pay for tuition for himself and other members of the family. He finished high school in 1928, at age 2 0 , having stayed out of school in the fourth grade to freight lumber, the eighth grade to work on the ranch, and a year in high school to help support the family. After graduation, he spent a year working at the smelters in Douglas, Arizona. He entered Brigham Young University in 1929, and graduated in 1933. He did post graduate work at Stanford School of Business the following year. Loren was Credit Manager of Taylor Brothers in Provo, Utah until 1937, y h e n he moved to Cedar City and became Secretary and Treasurer of the Southern Utah Power Company until 1946. when he became the Director. He i s a Certified Public Accountant; he was an organizer, Director. VicePresident, President, and Chairman of the Board of State Bank of Southern Utah; he was on the Board of Directors of the Ideal Insurance Company. He has been President of the Cedar City Lions Club; Chairman of the Music Arts Committee; President, Knife and Fork Club : member, Cedar City Water Board; Cedar City Mayor: on the Board of Directors. Utah League of Cities and Towns; recipient of Tom McCov Award, and Director and Chairman of Utah Air Travel Con~rl~ission. He has rtlen~herships in thc Utah and National Socierius of Public Accounrarlis. Cedar C i r v Chamher of Commerce, and Cedar City Rotary Club. Loren Whetten is married to LaVeve Petty Whetten, and they are the parents of two children--Linda Laveve Wilson and Lance Loren Whetten. By: Loren Whetten
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Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

LOREN A . WHETTEN Biography 1908 Loren Amasa Whetten was horn March 1 9 , 1908, in Colonia Garcia. Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of John Amasa and Martha Elizabeth Carling Whetten. The Whetten family was driven from Mexico as refugees in 1912, because of the Mexican Revolution. They were housed in lumber sheds in El Paso, Texas until arrangements could be made to stay with relatives. They lived in Oak City. Utah with relatives until 1914. when they returned to Mexico. where they lived until 1918 in Colonia Juarez because the mountain colonies were unsafe. Colonia Garcia was re-established in 1918, and the Whetten family was among the first to r e t u r n . They found their home burned and the livestock gone. After two years they moved to Colonia Chuichupa where they stayed until the mother died in 1925. Life in these Colonies, particularly the mountain Colonies, was a mere existence where people lived bv barter. and there was ~ r a c t i c a l l vno monev and no stores to spend i t i n . The familv moved to Colonia Juarez in 1925. where the Juarez Stake Academy was located. Loren worked a s a janitor to pay for tuition for himself and other members of the family. He finished high school in 1928, at age 2 0 , having stayed out of school in the fourth grade to freight lumber, the eighth grade to work on the ranch, and a year in high school to help support the family. After graduation, he spent a year working at the smelters in Douglas, Arizona. He entered Brigham Young University in 1929, and graduated in 1933. He did post graduate work at Stanford School of Business the following year. Loren was Credit Manager of Taylor Brothers in Provo, Utah until 1937, y h e n he moved to Cedar City and became Secretary and Treasurer of the Southern Utah Power Company until 1946. when he became the Director. He i s a Certified Public Accountant; he was an organizer, Director. VicePresident, President, and Chairman of the Board of State Bank of Southern Utah; he was on the Board of Directors of the Ideal Insurance Company. He has been President of the Cedar City Lions Club; Chairman of the Music Arts Committee; President, Knife and Fork Club : member, Cedar City Water Board; Cedar City Mayor: on the Board of Directors. Utah League of Cities and Towns; recipient of Tom McCov Award, and Director and Chairman of Utah Air Travel Con~rl~ission. He has rtlen~herships in thc Utah and National Socierius of Public Accounrarlis. Cedar C i r v Chamher of Commerce, and Cedar City Rotary Club. Loren Whetten is married to LaVeve Petty Whetten, and they are the parents of two children--Linda Laveve Wilson and Lance Loren Whetten. By: Loren Whetten
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